Type-writing machine.



-wlTNEESE J. FELBBL.' 'TYIEI WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED' JAN.31, 1906.

Y Patented sept. 15,1908.

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J. FELB'EL. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1906.

'Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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www-:5555: INVENTUR J. PLBEL. TYPE WRITING- MACHINE. APPLICATION HLEDJAN s1 1906 Mums-SHEET 3.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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WITNEEEE LFELBBL. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.31, 1906.

Patented Sepb. l5, 19055 INVENTUR:

- WITNEEEEE.

iAcoB FELBEL, or New YORK, N.

Y., ASSIGNOR TO UNION TYPEWR1TER- COMPANY, OF

JERSEY CITY., NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITIN MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. l5, 1908.

Eipplication `filed January 31, 1906. Serial No. 298,737.

To all whom it may concern.'

zen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, cityof New York, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines, of which the followingisa specification.

This invention relates to carriage retarding devices for Atypewritingmachines and consists in theu features of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which are hereinafter described and'specii'iedin the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals designatelike parts in the different views, Figure 1 is a rear and sectionalelevation of the frame and parts of the'inechanism of a Monarchtypewriting machine, to which carriage-retarding mechanisin embodyingthe invention -is shown applied; Fig. 1a, a fragmentary side view ofparts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 2, a vertical section, at right angles tothe plane of Fig. 1, of said Iframe and parts of the mechanism of themachine; Fig. 3, an enlarged vertical section of the upper rear part ofthe machine, the section being at right angles to the axis of theplaten; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the carriage-retarding mechanismand of a lever operative to engage one of the parts thereof with thecarriage, and a vertical section of a fragment of the top-plate; Fig. 5,a front elevation of the mechanism shown above the top-plate in Fig. 4,'the positions of the parts being different from those shown in Fig. 4;Fig. 6, a side and sectional elevation of parts shown in Figs. 3 and 4,the section being on the planes x-Q/J, Fig. 4, and the positions of theparts being different from those shown in any other iigiire; and Fig. 7,a section of parts shown in Figs. 1 and 3, c25 seg. to 6 inclusive. n

Although the drawings illustrate this invention applied to a Monarchmachine it is to be understood that it is also applicable to numerousothers, including such as aie ycalled under stroke machines, 'as well ast visible-writing machines.

The carriage-rctarding mechanism iii which the invention is embodied isattached `to the top-plateA of the machine near its rear 4edge and 0nthe right, preferably, of a vertical plane containing the axis of theescapement pinion. The frame of the machine is composed of the base 1and four posts 2, onlyth'ree of which are shown, and the top plate 3. Onthe back partof the top-plate 3 are two standards 4, which are fastenedto the top-plate and to which upper and lower guide rails 5 and 6 areattached by screws 7, these guide rails having in them grooves 8 and 9extending throughout the length of the rails. Thel carriage 10, in whichis mounted the platen 11, has formed enit grooved guides 12 and 13,which Aextend from eni to end of the carriage, the grooves 14 and 15 ofthese guides forgning with the grooves 8 and 9, of the rails 5 and 6,ball 0r roller channels in which are shown anti-friction balls 16 and17. The carriage is thus supported by the rails 5 and 6 and is movableon the balls in opposite directions over the top plate 3. The guides 12and 13 are connected together by a web 18, and through holes in this webextend arms 19 which are pirotedto the ends of the carriage, and tolwhose rear iends is affixed the carriage-rack 2O behind the web 18, therack being movable up and down on the pivots 21 of the arms 19. Springs22, acting on the arms of the rack, tend to keep the rack in theposition in which it is shown in Fig. 3, that being its normal position.

The rack 20 normally engages a pinion 23 which is fast on a shaft havinga bearing in a bracket 24 affixed to the top plate 3, and on the rearend of this shaft is an escapementwheel 25, arranged to co-act with feeddogs 26 and 27, mounted on a dog rocker 28, whose rock shaftl 29 ispivoted at its ends between lugs on a bracket 30 affixed to andextending downward from the top plate 3. On the rock shaft 2Q is aspring 31 which tends to keep the steppingdog 2,7 in engagement with atooth of the escapeinent wheel 25. An arm 32, fast 0n the dog-rocker,extends in front of the rock shaft 29, and to the front end of this armis secured a link 33 which extends downward therefrom to the universalbar of the machine. Whenever the universal bar is actuated by depressinga character key orspace key, the front end of the arm 32v is drawndownward by the link 33, the stepping dog 27 is swung forward free fromthe escapenient-wheel, and the holding dog 26 is moved into engagementwith the escapenient wheel, and when the universal bar rises after thekey has been released, the stepping dog27 ren- 1 depressed, and the link37 rocks the bar 44, gages with the escapement-wheel and the car- .1bringing the lugs 46 into the path of the ria e advances aletter-spacedistance. But sto 47. l if esired a reverse feed escapement may l leverhaving arms 60 and 61 is pivoted be used instead of the foregoing. by ashouldered screw 62 to a lug 63 on the 7'0 To the standards 4 arerigidly attached under side of the top plate 3, and on the rearwardlyextending arms 34, -in which a screw 62 is a coiledsp'ring 64 whichbears at stop-bar 35 1s ]ournal ed at its ends. On the one of its endsagainst the lu 63. and at its d right end of this stop bar, outside ofthe adother end against the lower e ge of thev arm jacent bracket 34,isa crank arm 36 which 60 of the/lever', this arm of the lever extend-75 extends fopxward and a little Iupward from the ing behind the rod 37and under' the proj ecstop-bar aV d to which is pivoted at its fronttion 39 of the collar 38, and having on its upend a rod or link. 37which extends downper edge a stop 65 which makes contact with ward fromthe crank arm through the to the under side of the top plate when thelever plate and into the base 1 of the machine. is in its normalposition, Where the spring 64 80 collar 38, having on it a projection39, is fastendsto. keep it. A lever substantially the tened by a screw40 to the rod 37, and on the same asthis has been used in the Monarchrod 37, between the collar 38 and the part 41 machine to actuate arack-lifting device, opof the base, is a coiled s ring 42 which presseserative to raise the carriage-rack out of enl V upward against the co arand tendsto keep gagement with the escapement-pinion, and 85 it incontact with the underside of the top thus to release the carriage fromthe control plate 3, or a hub 43 formed on the top plate. of theescapement. Since, however, a part The collar 38 is so attached to therod 37 that of the. carriage-retarding mechanism herein the projection39` of the collar extends backshown is operative through the lever 60,61

ward from the collar and rod. The stop-bar to lift the carriage rackfrom the pinion 23, 90 35 has cut in it on opposite sides slots or rethelifting device heretofore em loyed is uncesses 44 at letter s acedistances apart, and necessary in a machine provide with the car? onthis bar are tabu ator-stops 45 which fit in riage-retarding mechanism.these recesses and which areadjustable on The retarding-mechanismcomprises two the bar, eac`h tabulator-stop bei formed to cooperativedevices, which are preferably 95 engage a recess at theback of t e barand constructed and arranged as they are shown .another at the front ofthe bar. Each tabuf herein, although it is app arent that for either,lator sto has a lug 46 which extends for- ,of these particular devices amodification i ward an upward from the body of the stop thereof might besubstituted. One of them d secured to the stop-bar, when the bar is inis arrange the position in which it is shown in the drawand is movablethereby into contact with the ings, the bar being normally held in thispoother. These devices are mounted on supsition by the upward pressureof the sprin ports which are xed on the top-plate 3 be- 42 against thecollar 38 on the rod 37. hindthecarriage rack, one of the supports ,40stop 47 which is rigidly attached tothe back being a standard 66fastened to the top-plate V105 l of the carriage 10, about midwaybetween'the by screws 67 passing through its base into ends of thecarriage, extends backwardnearly the top-plate, and the other being aframe to the stop bar 35, its rear end bein out of having a base 68 andtwo upright posts 69,

alinement with the lugs 46 of the ta ulatorthe base being fastened tothe top-plate by stops when the stop-baris in its normal posiscrews 70.The standard 66 has 1n it an 110 tion, and then being movable by thecarriage opening 71, and between the posts 69 is pivast the stops 45 andunder the lugs 46. oted a bearing-block 72, whose pivotal axis is Therod 37 is pivoted at its lower end to a parallel to that of the platenof the machine, lever 48, whose fulcr'um is a screw 49 passing thisblock being mounted on pins 73 which' r0 through its front end and` intoa' boss 50 extend lthrough the posts 69 into the block. 115 formed onthe frame of the machine. On Those pprtions ofthe pins 73 which arewiththis lever is an upwardly extending ear 51 in in the look -aresmooth, and the other porwhich is a slot 5,2. A key lever 53, having ontions thereof, or those which are in theposts it a tabulator key 54, ispivoted at its rear 69,l are screw-threaded and engage with 55 -end by ascrew 55 to a lug 56 formed on the screwfthreads cut in the osts, thpins hav- 12o under side of the roof 41 of the base and exing on theirouter ends ook nuts 74. The tending downward therefrom, there beingbebearing-block 72 extends through the openhind this lug a coil-spring57 bearing against ing 71 in the standard 66 and forms a bearings` thekey-lever and the part 41 of the base and for a shaft 75, on whiclinreapinion 76 and an tending to keep the key lever in its normal arin 77fastened tothe shaft y screws 78 and iis position in contact with thepad 58 near its 79, the -ar1n'7 7 fitting close to the front face frontend. A pin 59 fixed on the key lever 53 of the block 7 2 and the shaft.extending extends through the slot 52 in the ear 51, of through theblock and having on it a collarS() the lever 48. The construction issuch that which fits close to the rear face of the block when the key 54is depressed, the lever 48 is and which is secured to the shaft by ascrew 13o to be actuated by the carriage 81.- A roller 82 is mounted onthe arm 77 by means of a shouldered screw 83 extending into the arm.Under the block 72 is an angular lever, having arms 84 and 85, thislever being pivoted by a pin 86 between lugs'87 on the base 68 of theposts 69. The arm 85 of the pinion 76 engaging the rack 20 and raising1t out of engagement With the feed pinion 23, thusreleasing the carriagefrom the escapeme'nt mechanism. When the block isin that position thearm 84 of the angularlever is upright, the axis of the roller 90.beingdirectly over that of the pin 86.

On the front-face of the standard 66 are a pivoted arm 91 and a spring92, the arm be- 'ing pivoted to the standard by a screw 93, and thespring being secured in a slot inA a screw 94 which passes through thestandard and on which is a lock-nut 95 bearing against the back of thestandard. The spring 92 bears on the top of the pivoted arm 91 and tendsto keep this arm in contact with a sto -pin 96 fixed in the standard, asappears by ig. 4 in which the arm 91 is shownmty its normal position.The lpressure of the s ing 92 on the arm 91 may e regulated by t rningthe screw 94 and locking it by means of the lock-nut 95. The arms 77 and91 are Aso arranged that when the block 72 is in the position shown inFig. v6 and the shaft 75 is rotated, the roller 82 of the arm 77 will bemoved into contact with thelower face of the arm 91, and that the arm 77must force the' arm 91 upward out of the `path of the roller 82, againstthe pressure of the spring 92 to enable the shaft 75 to make a com leterotation, the roller being moved into t e space normally occupied by thearm 91. The action of the arm 77 in forcing the arm 91 upward, as justdescribed, is illustrated in Fig.

5 of the drawings, the dotted circle indicating the orbit in whichtheend of the arm 77 travels. Whenever the block 72 is restored to itsnormal position, the action of gravity on the arm 77 causes this arm toassume the position in which it appears in Fig. 3, so that the arm 77normally extends from the shaft 75 on the opposite side thereof from thearm 91.

AT he teeth of the pinion 76, which preferably has ten teeth or aboutthat number, are properly formed to engage with the Iteeth of thecarriage-rack 20, and'when this pinion is in' its normal position, orthat shown in Fig.

rack. sc thatthe rack'may move in either dif motion.

rection with the carriage without' touching the pinion 76. When thepinion 76 is raised from its normal position to that in which it isshown in Fig. 6, it engages withv the carriagerac'k 20 and raises therack out of engagement with the escapement-pinion 23, so that motionmay4 then be communicated by the carriage to the shaft 75 through therack 20 and pinion 76.

The machine contains a spring-drum 97 which is connected by a strap 98with the carriage so that when the escapement is actuated, or thecarriage-rack is raised out-of en- `gagement with the pinion 23, thecarriage will be moved toward the left by the action on it'of thespring-drum and strap.

When the tabulator key 54 is depressed the stop bar 35 is turned on itsaxis by the action of the lever 53 on the lever 48 and of thelatterlever and the rod 37 on the crank arm 36,

the lugs 46 on the tabulator-stops45 being moved downward into alinementwith the stop 47 on the carriage. At the same time the projection 39 onthe collar 38 fixed to the rod 37 forces downward the arm 6() of thelever 60-61, and the' angular lever 84-85 is actuated, the block 72being moved on its pivotal axis to the position in which it is shown inlFig. 6. The carriage is then drawn rapidly towardthe left by the actionon it of the spring-drum`97, and as the pinion 76- is turned by thecarriage-rack the arm 77 is rotated and acts once during each rotationon the arm 91' as above-described. v

The upright arm 84 of the angular lever so supports the block 72 thatlittle or no shock is transmitted to the iinger of the operator on thede 'ressed' tabulator-key 'when the arms 77 an 91 coact with each other.Since the arm 77 extends from the shaft 75 on the opposite side thereoffrom the eo-acting arm 91, when the pinion 76 is raised into engagementwith the carriage-rack, the carriage then moves for several letter-spacedistances before the retarding devices co-act to check its The carriagetherefore starts uickly, and while the arm 77 travels towards t e arm91, the motion of the carriage increases. When the arm 77 acts on thearm 91, the carriage is momentarily retarded by the resistance of thespring 92, a movement of the carriage for about three letter-spacedistances being required while the arm 77, or the roller 82 thereon, isin contact with the other arm. The carriage will be so retarded wheneverthe arm 91'is raised by the arm 77, until the stop 47 meets the lug 46of one of the tabulator stops. When the carriage is arrested, it beingthenless than ten .letter spaces distant from where it was lastsubjected to the retarding action of the devices 77 and 9] --92, itsmomentum is not great enough, if the pressure of the snring 92 isproperly regulated, to render the noise excessive or to expose themachine to injury.

. claimed. herein may The osition of the 'escapement pinion 23 withrelation to the carriage-rack 20, when the rack isoperatively engagedwith the pinion 76, is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6.' Thetabulator-key and stop-bar are restored to their normal ositions by thesprings 57 and .42, andas t e collar 38 on the rod 37 rises, the spring6 4 restores the lever 60--61 and the an ular lever 84--85 to theirnormal positions, t e carriage-rack descends on the escapement-pinion,forcing the pinion 76 downward, and the block 72 gravitates to theposition shown inFig. 3, carrying the pinion 76 entirely below thecarriage-rack.

It is to be understood that the invention be embodied in mechanismdiffering in details of construction or arrangement of parts from thatwhich has been specifically described above, and that it may be ap liedto machines containing denominationa or decimal tabulating mechaniism,instead of the particular tabulating mechanism shown herein, or otherforms of columnspacing mechanism.

I do not intend to restrict the invention to mechanism composed of arotary device; like the arm 77 vand a single coperative device includinga spring, it being evident that a pluralityi of spring-pressed arms 91,or simiar devices, may be arranged to'coperate successively with the arm77, and it being my purbse to also utilize the in vention, if desire 'Itwill be seen from the Jforegoing that .I have provided means forinterrupting the motion of the carriage a plurality of times during asin le run,` orduring the travel of the carriage rom right to left whenreleased from the control ofthe escapement mechanism. `These successiveinterruptions operate to break u or diminish the speed and strikingforce o the carriage. and to such an extent that even when the carriageis released -to run for its maximum-travel, it will finally be arrestedby the tabulator stops or margin sto s Without undue noise or shock, andwith no iability of breaking or Ainjuring any of the parts of themachine. It will be understood, of course, that the said interruptionsof the motion of the carriage do not eiect a coin-y plete stoppage .ofthe carraige at any one of the plurality of interrupting points, but on'the other hand, that these interruptions are caused intermittently bythe interposition of obstructing devices relatively weaker than themomentumof the carria e, and which operate momentarily or perio icallyto slacken lthe pace of the carriage and absorb some of the strikingforce which the carriage would otherwise have if left to continueuninterruptedyntlo the end of its travel.'

at I claim as new andl vdesire to vsecure by Letters Patent, is f 1 In atypewriting machine, the combination with a carriage,

as set forth in a companion application' 'cooperative devices,

. iiled by me.

of means for intermittently and partially checking the speed ofthecarriage during a single run thereof.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage, ofretarding `means adapted to act intermittently during a single run ofthe carriage, the relation of said means to the carria e being such thatthe carriage is mqvable a .p urality of -letter-space distances betweentwo successive retarding actions of .said means.

l 3. In a typewriting machine, the combinaof retarding means ladapted toact intermittently during a single run of the carriage, said mechanismcomprising coperative devices,I and one of said devices being movablecontinuously by the carriage during its run, and the carriage beingmovable a plurality of letter-s ace distances between two successiveretar ing actions f said means. 4. In a typewriting machine, thevcombination with the carriage,of retarding means adapted to actintermittently during a s ingle run of the carriage, said means comrising a device movable bythe carriage whi e traveling a plurality ofletter-space distances and while a portion of said meansis inactive.

V5. In atypewriting machine, the combination with the carriage, ofretarding means adapted to act intermittently run of the carriage, saidmeans comprising and one of said devices being movable continuously .bythe carriage during its runfand a portion of said means being vinactiveat times while the 4carriage travels a plurality of letter-spacedistances.

6. I n a typewriting machine, the combination With'the carriage, ofretarding means adaptedto act intermittently during a single run lof thecarriage, said means comprising a portion mounted on a fixed support,and a cooperative device arranged to e moved by the carriage while saidportion on the 'fixed support is at rest.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage, ofretarding means adapted to act intermittently during asiiigle run of thecarriage,l said means comprising a operative device arranged toflportion mounted on a fixed support and a coe nioved by the carriageinto and out of contact. with said portion on the fixed support.

8. In a typewriting machine, thc coiiibiiiation of4 a tabulatiiig stop,a stop co erative with said tabulating stop, means'incl uding a key forarranging said stops in coperative alinement and for releasing thecarriage from the control of the escapeinent, and carriageretardingmeans comprising two cooperative devices, one of tlieinbeiiig arrangedto be actuated by the carriage and being iiiovable thereby into contactwith the other, and one of said devices including a spring tending toduring a single l keep this device in a normal positionron its sessssupportf'and this device being movable from of said devices including apivoted arm and a spring tending to keep the arm in its normal position,and said arm being movable from its normal position by the action on itof the first mentioned device forcing said'sp'ing to yield.

10. In a typjewriting machine, the combination of a ta ulating-stop, astop coperative With said tabulating stop, means including a key forarranging said stops in coperative alinement and for releasing thecarriage from the control of the escapement, and carriage-retarding.means comprising .a movable device including a s ring device in itsnorma posltion, and a coperative device arranged to be actuated by thecarriage and being movable thereby into contact With the other deviceand into'the space normally occupiedby the latter device.

1,1. In a typeWriting machine, the-combination of an adjustabletabulating stop, a stop cooperative With said adjustable stop,

means including a key for arranging said' stops in cooperativealinement, and carriageretarding' means comprising a movable deviceincluding a spring tending to keep the device inV its normal position,and an arm and a pinion both fast'on a shaft, said-pinion being normallyunderneath and disengaged from the carriage-rack, a pivoted bearing-1.block in which said shaft is mounted, and means arranged to be actuatedyby said key and operative on said bearing-block to raise said pinioninto engagement with the carriage-rack and to lift the rack from theescapement-pinion, the arm on said shaf being movable by the shaft,Whenthe cartf riage is disengaged from the escapemelnt, into contactWith. the vaforesaid movable device.

l2. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising tWo cooperative devices, one of them being arranged to beactuated by the carriage and being movable thereby into contact with theother, and one of said devices including a pivoted arm and a springtending to keep the arm in its normal position, and said arm beingmovable from its normal position by the action on it of the firstmentioned device forcing said spring to yield.

13. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising a pivtending to keep the ogted arm, and a spring tending tokeep the i .occupied by the latter device.

v15. A typewriting machine provided With carriage-retarding'meanscomprising a movable device including a spring tending to keep lthedevice in its normal position, and-A an arm and a pinion both fast on ashaft, said pinion being normally underneaththe carriage-rack, and saidshaft being movable on an aXis to engage the pinion With and disengageit from the carriage-rack, and

said arm being movable by said shaft When the pinion is operativelyengaged with the carriage-rack,` into contact Withv the first mentioneddevice and'into the space normally occupied by that device.

16. A typewriting machine provided With carriage-retarding meanscomprising a movable device including a spring tending to keep thedevice in its normal position, an arm and a pinion both fast on a shaft,said pinion being normally underneath the carriage rack, and

a pivoted block forming a bearing for said shaft and movable on itspivotal aXis to engage the pinion with and disengage it from thecarriage-rack, said arm being movable by said shaft, when the pinion isoperatively engaged With the carriage-rack, into contact With the firstmentioned device and into the'space normally occupied by that device.

17. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising a pivotedl arm and a spring, the spring tending to keep thearm in its normalposition, a cooperative device mounted on an axis andarranged to be rotated by the carriage and being movable thereby againstsaid arm and into the space normally occupied by said arm, and means forimparting motion from the carriage to the rotary device.

18. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding means comp'ising a pivoted arm and a spring, the'spring tending to keep the arm inits normal position, and an arm and a pinion both fast on a shaft, saidpinion being normally underneath the carriage rack, and said shaft beingmovable on an axis to engage the pinion with and disengage it from thecarriage-rack, and the arm on said shaft being ,movable by the shaft,

.into contact with the other,

when the pinion is operatively engaged by.

the carriage-rack, into contact with the first mentioned arm and intothe space normally occupied by that arm.

19. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising a pivoted arm and a spring, the spring tending' t0 kee thearm in its normal osition, an arm andp a pinion both fast on a s iaft,said pinion being normally underneath the carriagerack, and a pivotedblock forming a-bearing for said shaft and movable on its pivotal axisto engage the pinion with and to disen age it from the carriage-rack,the arm on sai shaft beingl movable by the shaft, when the pinion isoperatively engaged with the carriagerack, into contact with the firstmentioned arm and into the space normally occupied by that arm.

20. Au typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising a pivoted bearing-block, a shaft mounted in said. blockl andextending from it underneath the carriage-rack, and a pinion on saidshaft under the carriage-rack, in combination with an angular lever andmeans including a key for actuating it, said angular lever being pivotedto a Jfixed support under said block, and one arm of the angular leverbeing operative on the block to raise said )inion and the car`riage-rack, and said arni the bearing-block when uppermost position.

21. A typewriting machine provided with carriage retardin meanscomprising a bearing-block pivote on an axis parall'e of the platen ofthe machine, the pivotal axis of said block being behind thecarriage-rack, a shaft mounted in said block and extending forward fromit underneathwthe carria era'ck, and a pinion on said shaftunder t ecarriage-rack, in combination with an angular lever and means includinga key for actueing upright under said pinion is in its ating it, saidangular lever being pivoted 'to a fixed support under said block, thepivotal axis of the angular lever being in front of a vertical planecontaining' the pivotal axis of the block, and one arm of the angularlever being operative on the block to raise said p inion and thecarriage-rack, and said arm being upright under the block when said.pinion is in its uppermost position.

22. 1n a typewriting machine, the combination of a tabulating-stop, astop coperative with said tabulating stop, means including a key forarranging said stops in coperative alineinent and for releasing thecarriage from the control of the escapement, and carriage-retardingmeans comprising two cooperative devices, one ofthem being arranged tobe actuated by the carriage and being movable thereby in a definite pathand means for connecting with the carriage the device that to that isarranged to be' actuated thereby and for enabling the carriage to travelseveral letter space distances after the last mentioned of said devicesis connected therewith and before, it is brought into contact with saidother device. A 23. A typewriting machine provided with carriageretarding means comprising two cooperative devices, one being a rotarydevice arranged to be rotated by the carriage and being movable therebyin a true circular path into contact with the other device, and meansfor connecting thel rotary device with the carriage and ,for enablingthe carriage to travel several letter space distances after the rotarydevice is connected therewith and before it is brought into contact withsaid other device.

24. Atypewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding. meanscomprising two vcooperative devices, one of them having a single rotaryarm normally extending from its pivotal axis on the opposite sidethereof from said other cooperative device, in combination with meansfor o said arm with the carriage.

25. A typewriting machine provided with' carriage-retarding y meanscomprising two cooperative devices, one of them having an arm fast on ashaft and normally extending from the' shaft on the opposite 'sidethereof from said other coperative device, in combination with a inionfast on the shaft under the carriage-rac and means including a key forrais' p he pinion into operative engagement wit the carriage rack. i 26.A typewriting machine provided` with carriage-retarding means comprisingtwo cooperative devices, one of them 'having an arm fast on a shaft andnormally extending from the shaft on the opposite side thereof from saidother coperative device, in conibination with a ivoted hearing-block invwhich said shaft is mounted, a pinion fast on the shaft under thecarriage rack, and means including .a key for turning the bearing blockon its pivotal axis and raising the pinion into operative engagementwith the carriage-rack.

perativelylA connecting 27. A typewriting. machine provided with Ycarriage-retarding means comprising two cooperative devices normally outof engagement with each other, one of them being a rigid arm fast on ashaft, in combination with a pinion rack, and means including a key forraising the pinion into operative engagement with the carriage rack.

A typewritingmachine provided with carriage-retarding means comprisingtwo cooperative devices normally out of engagement with each other, oneof them being a rigid arm fast on a shaft, in c o bination with apivoted bearing-block/ in i "ch said.. shaft fast on the shaft under thecarriageis mounted, a pinion fast on the shaft under the carriage-rack,and means including a key for turning the bearing-block on its pivotalaxis and raising the pinion into operative engagement With thecarriage-rack. v

29. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising two coperative devices, one of them ,being 'a ri id arm faston a shaft and havingon 1t a ro er, in combination with a pinion'fast onthe shaft under the carriagefrack, andmeans including akey. for raisingthe pinion into operative engagement with the carriage-rack.

30. A typewriting machine provided with carriage-retarding meanscomprising two coperative devices, one of them being a rigid arm fast ona shaft and having on it a ro ler,fin combination With apivotedbearingblock in which said shaft is mounted, 'a pinion fast on the shaftunder the carriage-rack, and means including a key for turning thebearing block on its-,pivotal axis and raising the pinion into operative.engagement with the carriage-rack.

31. In a typewriting' machine, the combination with a carriage,of-coperating retarding' devices, and automatic means to render ftheco-action of said devices intermittent during a single run of thecarriage.

2A ln a typewriting machine, the combination With a carriage, ofcooperating retarding devices mounted 0n the fr ame of the machine, andautomatic means to render the co-action of said devices intermittentduring a single run of the carriage.

Signed at the vborough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the countT ofNew York, and lState `of New York, this 30th dav of January A. D. 1906.

JACOB FELBEL.

Witnesses i E. M. WELLS, M. F. HANNWEBER..

